“My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own.”
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If you need to get out from behind the pages of a book, this week is the 29th Annual Zora Neal Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities happening in Eatonville, FL. If not, here are the books we're reading and maybe you'll find some inspiration.
Read MoreCourage is Contagious: And Other Reasons to be Grateful for Michelle Obama is a collection of essays praising the life and style of the first lady. The contributors are a diverse group of individuals: chefs, actors, activists, designers, writers, comedians, and even school children.
Read MoreDivided into five sections, Life Comes From Concrete takes the reader through the recurring themes of Kevin Anglade's life from his childhood to manhood. With raw honesty and passion, he lets the reader in and asks nothing more than an ear to listen.
Read MoreI didn’t expect to finish Binti so quickly, especially since my responsibilities are a little more pressing than they use to be. But I just couldn't stop. I wandered around the house with this book in my hand the entire day, moving from room to room when interrupted. Obsession would be an accurate way to put it. I read all 85 pages before the sun had gone down.
Read MoreMy love of the mundane prompted me to purchase and read Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps written in 2001. In 2014, an updated and revised version was published to include the changing styles of the later 2000s, which is the version I read.
Read MoreI almost didn't finish this book. I knew what was on the other side of this finished book and I never felt ready to face it.
Read MoreIf I had to guess where the character Nandi gets her confidence, I wouldn't have to look any further than her creator, Ama Kuma. Here is how a chance encounter introduced me to Kuma and added Nandi to my reading list.
Read MoreWould you be willing to say "Yes" for a whole year?
Read MoreSometimes I read a book and it moves me. This book stopped me in my tracks and gave me an unexpected pause.
Read MoreSumer is gone and Skin is In
Read MoreLitsy is an app created for bookish people to share their bookish thoughts on books.
Read MoreAnyone up for poetry masquerading as a novel?
Read MoreFor at least a year, Parable of the Sower sat on my (borrowed) shelf and I went on with my life. I was unfamiliar with the life and work of Octavia Butler and so, I did not know how important this book would be.
Read MoreIt's really a trick, how short this book appears to be. You assume you'll read it in 10 or 15 minutes, and then go wash the dishes or otherwise return to your life right were you left off. 20 poems. Words with space to breathe.
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